Does Ago Vita mean 'live life' in Latin?

Question

also, would there be any marks above any of the letters? i have no knowledge of Latin, so any help would be appreciated! thanks

Answer 1

Close. 'Agere vitam' does mean 'to live life'. The last part must always be 'vitam' for any singular form of the verb and 'vitas' for any plural form.

Th eproblem is that without more information, you can't tell what form of the verb to use. The long answer above assumes it to be an imperative - a command - where you're telling someone(s) Live life! If that's what you want, 'age' would be good, but the 'agete' above is incorrect -the plural form is 'agite'.

Using the word you had (ago) would give Ago vitam, which equals 'I live life...' Need to know who is doing it when to give an exact tramslation.

On to the verbs:

Contrary to the above, it does mean 'live life', but it would be used as to live life in a certain way. Other verbs may be used with 'vitam' to give the same idea, such as dego or vivo. Vivo alone could be used also.

Vivo/vivere typically means live in the sense of being alive.

Finally, if you want to say live in the sense of living in a certain place, it would be a form of habito/habitare.

The little marks above the letters are not part of Latin. They were added in some texts, dictionaries, etc. as guides to pronunciation.

Long answer, but it's a complex point in Latin, and your previous answers were leading you astray.

Answer 2

Not really. Although the words are correct, the grammer isn't what you want.

Latin uses word endings to modify their meanings. "Ago" is the first person present verb for "to do, to act". The correct verb form to use is the imperitive, which is "age" or "agete" depending on whether you are addressing one person or a group of people. (Yes, the Latin word endings are that specific!)

"Vita" is also the right word, but the wrong form of it. "Vita" is what is called a first declension noun -- declensions are just a way of categorising how the word endings mutate. "Vita" is the nominative form of the verb, used to describe the subject of the sentence -- that is, it's used to describe the thing that is "doing" not "being done". Because the life is "being done", we need to use the accusative form of the word, which is "vitam", or in plural "vitas".

Putting these both together, we get "age vitam" if you're addressing one person, or "agete vitas" is you're addressing several. If you're not sure, it's best to go with the singular form.

You may wonder why Latin has all these word endings. This is because it uses word endings to make sense of a sentance instead of doing what English does: using word order. In English, we write "dog chases cat" and understand who is doing the chasing and who is being chased from the order the words occur. In Latin, because of the word endings, you can arrange the words in any order and they mean the same thing. This allows writers to emphasise words by putting them in special positions. The first word of a sentence is tranditionally used for the most important concept in the sentence, and the last word is used for the next most important concept. All the other words go in the middle.

So, the following mean the same thing:
* age vitam
* vitam age

Personally, I prefer the former.

Answer 3

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Does Ago Vita mean 'live life' in Latin?
also, would there be any marks above any of the letters? i have no knowledge of Latin, so any help would be appreciated! thanks

Answer 5

No it doesn't mean 'live life'.
If it's "ago vitam" it means "I drive my life, I conduct my life".
However the verb "vivere" better translates "to live"
If you mean 'live life' as a command/ivitation/suggestion you must use the present imperative tense and then you should translate with "VIVE VITAM" if addressed to one person or "VIVETE VITAM" if addressed to more people.
In the common writing itsn't necessary to use marks.